راهوار

Persian

Alternative forms

رهوار (rahvâr) (poetic metrical variant)

Etymology

From (râh, “road”) +‎ (-vâr).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾaːh.ˈwaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːɦ.wɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑː.wɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔː.wɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːɦ.vɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔɦ.vɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	rāhwār
Dari reading^?	rāhwār
Iranian reading^?	râhvâr
Tajik reading^?	rohvor

Adjective

راهوار • (râhvâr)

sauntering, ambling

Noun

راهوار • (râhvâr)

easy-paced horse; ambling horse
- c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]‎^[1]:
  چو زرد آمد سوی درگاه ویرو
  به پشت اسپ شد تا پیش شهرو
  نمازش برد و پوزش خواست بسیار
  که پیشت آمدم بر پشت رهوار
  čō zard āmad sōy-i dargāh-i wīrū
  ba pušt-i asp šud tā pēš-i šahrū
  namāz-aš burd u pōziš xwāst bisyār
  ki pēš-at āmadam bar pušt-i rahwār
  When Zard came towards the court of Vīrū,
  He came up to Shahrū on the back of a horse.
  He made his salutations, and many excuses:
  "I have come before you on the back of a sauntering steed."
  (Classical Persian transliteration)